Aston Martin Celebrates End of a 50-Year Era at Newport Pagnell

On July 19, the Aston Martin plant in Newport Pagnell, UK produced its last Aston Martin ever, a Vanquish S Ultimate Edition, marking the end of a 50-year era of automotive craftsmanship. Since 1958, starting from the Aston Martin DB4, a total of nearly 13,000 cars have been built at the factory.

With the introduction of the DB9 and the V8 Vantage and their convertible derivatives, Aston Martin built a new factory in Gaydon, Warwickshire in 2003, which currently boasts a work force of 1,500 employees. Of the 7,010 cars produced last year, only 308 were Vanquish S models, produced at the Newport Pagnell factory. July 19, 2007 also marks the end of the production of the Vanquish model, Aston' Martin's oldest model, introduced in 2001.